Attacking mentality pays off for Dhoni

MS Dhoni felt a decision from India to play more attacking shots was the reason behind their 130-run win over South Africa.

India made it two wins out of two at the Cricket World Cup in Melbourne on Sunday, after setting the Proteas 308 for victory.

Shikhar Dhawan starred with the bat for India with 137 runs from 146 deliveries, but it was their whole batting display that pleased skipper Dhoni.

"In this game I felt we did really well with the batting," he said. "We tried something different. Last few overs we actually went for the big shots irrespective of when the wickets were falling.

"We actually wanted to see how much we can push, so even though [Suresh] Raina got out and it was [Ravindra] Jadeja went for his runs and ultimately [Mohammed] Shami and [Ravichandran] Ashwin are batting at the end.

"That was good to see, and getting 300 runs was fantastic. It was definitely a par plus score on this wicket, and when we turned up with the ball, I think we bowled in the right areas and we made it tough for the opposition to score."